

Updated B.A. earnings premium for 25-34 year olds
2018 work earnings data are now available from the Current Population Survey. What follows is an update of an earlier post now with 2018 data.


A capitalist calls for a new capitalism
Salesforce chairman and co-C.E.O Marc Benioff in a New York Times op ed entitled We Need a New Capitalism becomes another capitalist advocating for big


Cities and universities drive economic growth
Crain’s Chad Livengood begins his story on the new University of Michigan Detroit Center for Innovation this way: Across the Potomac River from the nation’s


Governor Whitmer focuses on reducing ALICE
Governor Whitmer framed her announcements of expanding access to food assistance, cash assistance and State Emergency Relief and to increase the number of workers eligible


The nature of work today and tomorrow
I recently gave a speech at the Michigan Works Annual Conference on the future of work. It explores how the nature of work is likely


A liberal arts degree leads to a good-paying career
We are constantly besieged with messaging that a liberal arts degree is useless. Maybe even worse than useless: a path to being a pauper or